India, May 18 -- NCP (SP) chief Sharad Pawar on Saturday said that the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government had ignored his warning about the possible misuse of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) to its own detriment-after the BJP came to power, PMLA was used to suppress opposition leaders by using the Enforcement Directorate (ED).

Pawar was speaking at the launch of Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Sanjay Raut's book 'Narkatala Swarg' (Heaven In Hell) on his 101 days in jail in 2022. The book was launched by Pawar, Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray, renowned lyricist Javed Akhtar and Trinamool Congress MP Saket Gokhale.

"When our cabinet colleague P Chidambaram tabled a proposal to amend the PMLA, I had warned PM Manmohan Sin...